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List and change RAID array on AIX

List disks into a SAS RAID adapter (Hardware):

[root@aixfvb01] /root > sissasraidmgr  -L -j1 -l sissas0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      Resource  State       Description              Size
------------------------------------------------------------------------
sissas0   FEFFFFFF  Available   PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb

hdisk1    FC0000FF  Optimal     RAID 0 Array           283.8GB
 pdisk1   0009FFFF  Active      Array Member           283.8GB

hdisk0    FC0100FF  Optimal     RAID 0 Array           283.8GB
 pdisk0   0008FFFF  Active      Array Member           283.8GB

List disks into a SCSI RAID adapter (Hardware):

[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -L -j1 -l sisioa0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name      Location      State       Description        Size                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
sisioa0   04-08         Available   PCI-X Dual Channel U320 SCSI RAID Adapter
 scsi2    04-08-00-07,0 NoLink      No remote adapter target
 scsi3    04-08-01-07,0 NoLink      No remote adapter target

hdisk0    04-08-ff-0,0  Optimal     RAID 10 Array    142.8GB                 
 pdisk2   04-08-00-3,0  Active      Array Member     142.8GB                 
 pdisk4   04-08-01-3,0  Active      Array Member     142.8GB                 

hdisk1    04-08-ff-0,1  Optimal     RAID 10 Array    142.8GB                 
 pdisk0   04-08-00-4,0  Active      Array Member     142.8GB                 
 pdisk5   04-08-01-4,0  Active      Array Member     142.8GB                 

pdisk3    04-08-00-8,0  Active      Hot Spare        142.8GB                 
pdisk7    04-08-01-8,0  Active      Hot Spare        142.8GB                 

hdisk7    04-08-00-5,0  Available   16 Bit LVD SCSI  146.8GB                 
hdisk8    04-08-01-5,0  Available   16 Bit LVD SCSI  146.8GB  

Rebuild a raid device (reconstructs a degraded array):

[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -R -z 'pdisk0 pdisk1'

Resynchronizes array protection.

[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -Y -l hdisk1

Delete a raid disk:

[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -Dl sisioa0 -d hdisk0

Creates stand-alone physical disks. Delete a pdisk an reformat to convert to hdisk (take about 30min for a 145GB disk):

[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -U -z pdisk2
[root@aixfvb01] /root > sisraidmgr -U -z pdisk4

Format a SAS pdisk

[root@aixfvb01] /root > sissasraidmgr -F -z pdisk2
aix/scsi_raid.1664876384.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/10/04 11:39 by manu